TheScientificWorldJOURNAL
Volume 7, Pages 1004-1006
http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2007.169
Case Study
Not to Knot a Catheter. Case Report of the Knotting of a Suprapubic Catheter
Department of Paediatric Surgery, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust, Great George Street, Leeds, LS1 3EX, UK
Received 17 February 2007; Accepted 18 April 2007
Academic Editor: Ziya Kirkali
Copyright © 2007 S. A. Farook et al.
Abstract
A 20-month-old boy, who underwent left nephrectomy, had a suprapubic catheter inserted that knotted within the bladder. This case report identifies possible causes for such occurrences and how best to manage them.